During the visit, the group participated in a Q&A panel with students to share their 20 plus years in the music industry.

“It was an honor having these guys come by our school,” said Brian “Champtown” Harmon, IPR artists coordinator. “They are around first-class, great men. A lot of folks don’t understand their love for Hip-Hop. To have them be down with our scholarship program we are developing is a wonderful thing."

Between 1992 and 1997, Boyz II Men dropped five #1 R&B songs and to date have sold more than 60 million albums worldwide, making them one of the most successful groups in music history.

In the discussion, the trio spoke about how Philly Hip-Hop culture contributed to their record-breaking success.

“A lot of people don’t know that we went to the high school of Creative and Performing Arts out in South Philly. We grew up with a lot of guys that are in the business right now,” explained Boyz member Shawn Stockman. “From ?uestlove and Black Thought from the Roots, [to] Amel Larrieux, we all went to the same school…We consider those the magic years because most of the artists that came out of that time got gold records and Grammys and things of that nature.”